horse mackerel

noun

Alectis indica (Indian threadfish)

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Meanings

nounhorse mackerel (plural horse mackerels)

plural horse mackerels

  1. Any of several large fishes of many species:
    1. Alectis indica (Indian threadfish)
    2. Atule (certain scads)
    3. Caranx spp. (certain trevallies)
    4. Carangoides spp. (island jacks)
    5. Gnathanodon speciosus (golden trevally)
    6. Megalaspis cordyla (torpedo scad)
    7. Sarda sarda (Atlantic bonito)
    8. Sarda australis (Australian bonito)
    9. Selar crumenophthalmus (bigeye scad)
    10. Naucrates ductor (pilot fish)
    11. Trachurus spp. (jack mackerels).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounlargest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics

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tunatunny

nounlarge elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe

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saurelTrachurus trachurus
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scad

nouna California food fish

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jack mackerelSpanish mackerelsaurelTrachurus symmetricus
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scad
Also see
bluefinbluefin tunajack mackerelmaasbankersaurelspanish mackerel

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian австралийски паламуд
  • австралийски паламуд (avstralijski palamud)Sarda australis
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Chicago

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